AI's Wake-Up Call: Urgent Reflections on Ethics and Civilization
LinkedIn
June 12, 2023
In the 1940s, Isaac Asimov contemplated the intricate relationship between humans and machines, even daring to envision a future where ethical codes would govern our interactions. With unwavering conviction, Asimov painted a picture of a humanity capable of mastering its technological and intellectual prowess, unlocking the door to an interplanetary era.
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Tags: AI, Risk Management, Security
Time to adjust to the new reality, AI is here to stay
The TEDCAP Approach
May 15, 2023
As an expert in the field of risk management, I have been closely monitoring the rapid evolution of AI technology for quite some time now. It's been fascinating to witness how AI technology has progressed over the years and what was once seen as just a figment of one's imagination is now quickly becoming a reality. I still remember watching the Hollywood blockbuster movie, 'I Robot' starring Will Smith, that showcased the possibility of robots and AI taking over the world.
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Tags: AI, Risk Management, Security
Hunting the creature from Jekyll Island: Lessons from the Current Banking Crisis
The TEDCAP Approach
March 27, 2023
In March 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed, becoming the largest lender to collapse since the global financial crisis of 2007-09.The bank had loaded up on long-term bonds, taking an enormous unhedged bet on interest rates staying low. When that bet went wrong, the bank became insolvent. Although SVB had enough assets for depositors to get their money back, the wait was long. This left many tech firms facing difficulties, with nearly $500m tied up in the bank. In an effort to prevent panic and a lack of confidence in other banks, America's regulators and government guaranteed all of SVB's deposits, leaving the industry to be penalized for the recklessness of a single institution. This event reveals flaws in America's banking architecture and highlights the importance of effective risk ..
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Business Continuity
Enterprise Risk Management to the 21st century Resilient Organization
LinkedIn
February 02, 2022
In the 21st century corporate scenario is highly fluid and new trends are constantly arising of both risk and opportunity. Decision-makers need to address enterprise risk management from an integrated and data-driven leadership focused on recognizing, evaluating, managing and monitoring the organization's business opportunities and risks.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Sustainability, Risk Management
Exclusive: Privacy and security in the Information Age
ISJ
November 03, 2021
After an intense debate in the US Senate about the influence of Facebook in geopolitics, culture wars and mental health, Frances Haugen, a whistleblower former employee of the tech empire came forward to shed light on the inner operations of the company. During her three-hour long hearing, she testified on how the company’s efforts to self-regulate failed intentionally, in order to maximise profits.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Privacy, Risk Management
El riesgo cibernético para las pymes es un tema de seguridad nacional
El Dinero
June 13, 2021
Imagina una pastelera que empezó en su cocina como un proyecto lateral para tener ingresos extra y que, luego, creció hasta ser una pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme). El secreto de sus deliciosos pasteles se basa en una receta familiar pasada de generación a generación. La dueña, luego de años de estudio y cursos de marketing, lanzó una creativa marca, aplicó novedosos procesos en su cocina, compró maquinaria y duró largas horas entrenando a su equipo para poder enfrentar la creciente demanda sin perder la magia de la receta de la abuela.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Business Continuity
EXCLUSIVE: Mitigating against cyber espionage
International Security Journal
June 03, 2021
A global solution to the global growing threat of cyberespionage
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Security, National Security
¿CÓMO PREPARAR UNA PYME PARA LA TEMPORADA CICLÓNICA?
Peter Backman
May 11, 2021
El cambio climático plantea riesgos cada vez mayores para la estabilidad y la seguridad de las empresas y sus comunidades corporativas, con consecuencias de gran alcance.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Climate Change, Business Continuity
Low-tech threats in a high-tech world
International Security Journal
April 28, 2021
Low-tech threats that can have a high value impact as well as the steps that companies and individuals can take to mitigate those risks
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Security
Are we preparing for the perfect storm?
International Security Journal
April 02, 2021
A perspective on how to do crisis management in the context of permanent uncertainty.
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Tags: Business Continuity, Security, National Security
¿Cómo evitar que sus empleados sean el mayor riesgo cibernético para su empresa?
Periodico ElDinero
March 15, 2021
Columna en periódico ElDinero sobre ciberriesgo y resiliencia corporativa.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Leadership, Business Continuity
Exclusive: Stopping the enemy within
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY JOURNAL (ISJ)
February 17, 2021
We are living in a highly polarized ideological environment. Due to natural and artificial cultural biases innate of our realities in 2021, our personal beliefs can play against us when trying to assess how to mitigate the risks of dangerous ideologies affecting our corporate community.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Leadership, Risk Management
What can we learn from the recent cyber attacks to the State?
elDinero
February 05, 2021
If the first weeks of 2021 are any indication of how this year will be, we can say that we are experiencing a Second Cold War, this time, on the global cyber battlefield. At the end of last year, we learned about attacks by highly sophisticated actors that affected crucial institutions of the defense and financial system of the United States and, more recently, the Dominican State.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Digital Disruption, Leadership
¿QUÉ PODEMOS APRENDER DE LOS RECIENTES ATAQUES CIBERNÉTICOS AL ESTADO?
Peter Backman
February 05, 2021
Si las primeras semanas del 2021 son una indicación de cómo será este año, podemos decir que estamos viviendo una Segunda Guerra Fría, esta vez, en el campo de batalla global cibernético. A finales del año pasado, supimos sobre los ataques por actores altamente sofisticados que afectaron cruciales instituciones del sistema de defensa y financiero de los Estados Unidos y, más recientemente, al Estado Dominicano.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Security
CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO UNA DE LAS PRINCIPALES TENDENCIAS DE RIESGO PARA EL 2021, SEGÚN EXPERTO.
Peter Backman
January 28, 2021
N&M | Santo Domingo, República Dominicana- El Director de Seguridad de INICIA, Peter Bäckman, fue seleccionado entre los 25 Global Risk Influencers del reconocido International Security Journal para el 2021. En esta edición especial de inicio de año, los expertos seleccionados fueron invitados a hacer sus predicciones de tendencias de riesgo.
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Tags: Risk Management, Climate Change, Business Continuity
SOY UNA PEQUEÑA EMPRESA, ¿NECESITO MITIGACIÓN DEL RIESGO CIBERNÉTICO?
Peter Backman
January 28, 2021
El panorama cibernético evoluciona constantemente, más rápido de lo que puedes comprender lo que está pasando. El rápido crecimiento del entorno digital ha creado una brecha en la conciencia de la ciberseguridad de las organizaciones, lo que facilita que hackers y ciberdelincuentes exploten vulnerabilidades ampliamente conocidas.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Risk Management
How to plan a security strategy for 2021
periódico ElDinero
January 04, 2021
Monthly column addressing topics regarding security and risk for professionals and non-professionals
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Tags: Risk Management, Business Continuity, Security
25 GLOBAL RISK INFLUENCERS 2021 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY JOURNAL
Peter Backman
January 02, 2021
Lessons from 2020: Preparing for the unthinkable
Despite 2020 being one of the strangest and most unpredictable years in our lifetime, the effects produced by the coronavirus were nothing new: interruptions in the supply chain, social and political unrest and the disruption of business continuity. We could argue that similar consequences could have occurred whether the cause had been the formation of a mega hurricane, a volcanic eruption of epic proportions, a global power outage or any other previously unthinkable scenarios.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Security
CORPORATE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE PROGRAM
Peter Backman
December 17, 2020
The Corporate Community Resilience Program (CCRP) is the first of its kind in this region. It is a program about the most valuable resources of the company: its people, its employees. There are many programs and regulations on how to protect employees at work, but not what to do when they are at home. Over 60% of the time the employees spend outside work, is in transit, at home, or doing other activities.
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Tags: Risk Management, Business Continuity
WHY NETWORKING IS IMPORTANT IN THE SECURITY FIELD
Peter Backman
December 17, 2020
Most of us, when we are looking for something specific, we start with open sources like Google to search what we are looking for. Thousands of links come up saying that they are the best, best equipment, best course, etc.…Then you try to make sense of it all and that’s where the problem starts. Unless you already know where to go, you are going to need someone to tell you what is good and what is not.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Risk Management
I'm a small business, do I need a cyber security strategy?
periódico ElDinero
December 04, 2020
Monthly column addressing topics regarding security and risk for professionals and non-professionals
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Tags: Cybersecurity
A community-centred approach to security risk in Latin America
International Security Journal
November 25, 2020
An expert in the region discusses the challenges and opportunities of the sector in his 20 years of experience.
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Tags: Risk Management, Security
Protection from threat vs Protection for criminals
LinkedIn
June 12, 2020
Food for thought. We are now entering an interesting phase of many big changes in the world due to Covid-19 -- its impacts and consequences we are at the moment experiencing and attempting to adapt. This article has its focus on face mask and what that means in the security sector.
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Tags: Risk Management
The "New" Normal
LinkedIn
April 13, 2020
Article predicting how the pandemic would affect business continuity and the stages of the current crisis.
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Tags: Business Continuity
ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD WITH PETER BACKMAN
Always Moving Forward
March 04, 2021
Our guest Peter Backman has been at the forefront of the global security industry for the past 25-years and has a wealth of international experience. He is a motivator and mentor and has outstanding knowledge on global matters based on his journey, life experiences, and his dedication to always striving to be the best that he can be.
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Tags: Cybersecurity, Leadership, Risk Management
Always Moving Forward Podcast with Peter Backman
Always Moving Forward Podcast
March 03, 2021
Interview with Glenn Burton, CEO of Development Group Five, regarding our shared professional experience working in the security and risk management sector all over the world.
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Tags: Leadership, Risk Management
Feature on Negocios & Mercados
Negocios & Mercados
February 26, 2021
Expert opinion piece on how to prepare a community-centred approach to risk management and economic recovery
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Tags: Leadership, Risk Management
Cambio Climático una de las principales tendencias de riesgo 2021, según experto
Hoy Digital
January 22, 2021
Director de Seguridad de INICIA, Peter Bäckman, fue seleccionado entre los 25 Global Risk Influencers del reconocido International Security Journal para el 2021. En esta edición especial de inicio de año, los expertos seleccionados fueron invitados a hacer sus predicciones de tendencias de riesgo.
“Estamos ahora mismo es una olla de cocción lenta de posibles escenarios climáticos” escribe Bäckman en sus predicciones para el 2021 “Cada aumento de complejidad en el clima mejora las condiciones para una posible crisis climática”.
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Tags: Leadership, Risk Management, Climate Change
"Esto No Tiene Nombre" Radio Interview with Roberto Cavada
periódico Hoy
December 10, 2020
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Peter Backman for MDMA Magazine
MDMA Magazine
November 26, 2020
Media interview for the premiere luxury and contemporary culture magazine in Dominican Republic.
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Tags: Risk Management, Business Strategy